M4.4 earthquake 105 km NNE of Calama, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 105 km NNE of Calama, Chile on Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 4:22 AM GMT-4 (08:22 UTC), 131 km (82 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 154 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-12 08:22:49 UTC
- Depth
- 131.2 km (81.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.585° S, 68.500° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2637 days ago · 126 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2628 days ago · 185 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2614 days ago · 132 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.436 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2607 days ago · 117 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.337 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2603 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2599 days ago · 114 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.3127 km N of Calama, Chile · 2583 days ago · 135 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2581 days ago · 154 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.0132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2579 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2650 days ago · 162 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.333 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2651 days ago · 136 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2655 days ago · 120 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2656 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0120 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2660 days ago · 200 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2661 days ago · 147 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 3.7147 km N of Calama, Chile · 2663 days ago · 122 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.333 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 2666 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004iv9. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.